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What kind of news brings together the Wall Street Journal and the Huffington Post? Our announcement last week that the sector will need to invest in billions of dollars to make it sustainable was featured in both media outlets. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal (available here at NASDAQ’s web site) ran a story on the efforts by both Mars Chocolate and The Hershey

Congratulations to The Hershey Company, which announced this week it too will source 100 percent certified cocoa for its global chocolateproduct lines by 2020. It is gratifying to see more and more stakeholders recognizing the importance of certification to creating a sustainable future for chocolate. The more commitments from companies like Mars Chocolate and Hershey, among others to adopt certification protocols, the

The folks at The Hershey Company are taking a step in the right direction with their announcement today that they are expanding their cocoa programs. The company announced that they will be working with The Rainforest Alliance, who is one of Mars Chocolate’s certifying partners as well.

Why is this news important? Because it means that more farmers will benefit from certification, which will